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I can be your guide

M:

S: Stuart. Now well start right away.

M: Because today well learn a lot of stuff. Ynwi,

jntin wmen jingyo xux hn du dngxi. DONG XI, stuff.

S: Or things. Fine! So what are we going to learn?

M: Well, last lesson we taught our listeners and which mean

summer and autumn. Now well learn how to say winter and spring in

Chinese.

S: DONG TIAN, dngtin, both 1st tone, is winter. Out of interest, in

Chinese there is a word also spelled DONG but is in the fourth tone, which

means freezing.

M: And , CHUN TIAN, chntin, means spring.

S: So now weve learned all the four seasons of a year. They are

M: Chun tin, spring, chun tin.

S: xi tin, summer, xi tin.

M: qitin, autumn, qiti.

S: And dngtin, winter, dngtin. Hey, that seems pretty easy!

M: Last lesson Stuart told me that he had heard about, tngshu gu,

quite a few places of interest. However, he hasnt had a chance to visit them yet.

S: Thats right. W tngshu gu

hndu fngjngmngshng, dnsh yzh miyu jhu q.

M: Fngjng mngshng. Fngjng, FENG JING, 1st tone 3rd tone, fngjng,

scenery. And mngshng, MING SHENG, mngshng is place of interest.

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S: Yzh, we know is always, yzh. So yzh miyu means always not have, or,

in real English, never have.

So, I never have a chance is ? Du le, w yzh miyu jhu. w yzh miyu

jhu. is of course chance, opportunity.

M: Right. Now heres the whole sentence,

Ive heard about many scenic spots and places of interest, but never got

a chance to visit them. W tngshu gu hndu fngjngmngshng, dnsh

yzh miyu jhu q.

S: What a pity! You bet I feel sad about that, ML.

M: Dont worry, Stuart. As I told you, W h n

yq q, w ky zu n de doyu.

S: Aha! Travel with me and be my guide! Really? Zhnde ma? Zhn de ma?

M: Of course. Dngrn, dngrn sh zhn de

S: Wonderful! ML h w yq q, ML and I together go, ML h w yq q. Go

together, yq q, yq q.

M: And I can be your guide. DAO YOU, 3rd tone 2nd tone,doyu, means guide. Zu, ZUO, zu, 4th tone, can mean do or make, here it

means be, or serve as. W ky zu n de doyu.

S: Zhen1 de ma? Really? Zhen1 de ma? Ti ho le! Wonderful! Great! Ti ho le!

This is a very common way expression.

M: And a good end to our lesson. Everyone can have a good rest now.

S: Zhn de ma? Ti ho le! So everybody, mngtin jin!

M: Mngtin jin.